tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post6523527444516244421..comments2024-03-28T16:31:54.494-04:00Comments on Borepatch: St. Theodore the StuditeBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-38474140136767149792012-11-12T20:24:10.184-05:002012-11-12T20:24:10.184-05:00Actually, Studite and Stoudium are forms of the wo...Actually, Studite and Stoudium are forms of the word that became our study/student/etc. And student of several things you certainly are.<br /><br />If you want to link yourself to a studly saint, try St. Theodore of Amasea, who, although the Venetians dumped in favor of St. Mark, is one of the most photographed saints in the world, And he was a soldier too, and in legend killed a dragon.<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:St_Theodore_on_column_Piazzetta_Venice.jpg<br /> <br />kishnevihttp://kishnevi.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-53948951051880437402012-11-12T19:26:34.945-05:002012-11-12T19:26:34.945-05:00Chas, I seem to spend my life as an iconoclast.
...Chas, I seem to spend my life as an iconoclast. <br /><br />Bob, yeah, but Studite is awesomeissimo.<br /><br />Joel, I think I need a more bad-ass beard.Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-83905534708836814662012-11-12T19:19:08.128-05:002012-11-12T19:19:08.128-05:00That's a badass beard for a monk. But I guess ...That's a badass beard for a monk. But I guess a Studite would need one.Joelhttp://www.joelsgulch.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-7022775171321473782012-11-12T19:12:08.559-05:002012-11-12T19:12:08.559-05:00Some of the early saints were peculiar. You had S...Some of the early saints were peculiar. You had St. Simeon Stylites, who lived on top of a pole (there were a lot of stylites, actually); St. John the Dwarf, one of the Desert Fathers; St. Expeditus, the patron against procrastination.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11402651457453813639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-66563800088472838642012-11-12T19:11:37.604-05:002012-11-12T19:11:37.604-05:00If the saint is an opponent of iconoclasm, that ma...If the saint is an opponent of iconoclasm, that makes him <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iconoclasm_%28Byzantine%29#Iconodule_arguments" rel="nofollow">an iconodule</a> (servant of icons). <br /><br />And you?Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.com